"The higher Nilus swells, The more it promises; as it ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain, A…"

"Whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile."

"It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream."

"Son of the old moon-mountains African! Stream of the Pyramid and Crocodile! We call thee fruitful, and that very whil…"

"O'er Egypt's land of memory floods are level, And they are thine, O Nile! and well thou knowest The soul-sustaining a…"

"Mysterious Flood,—that through the silent sands Hast wandered, century on century, Watering the length of great Egypt…"

"Majestic stream! along thy banks, In silent, stately, solemn ranks, The forests stand, and seem with pride To gaze up…"

"Monarch of Rivers in the wide domain Where Freedom writes her signature in stars, And bids her eagle bear the blazing…"

"O grandly flowing river! O silver-gliding river! Thy springing willows shiver In the sunset as of old... O gay, obliv…"

"I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy bosom turn …"